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Sponsored by Sutton Capital Equity Investment opportunity 660 Fifth Avenue New York Table of Contents ‣ Executive Summary ‣ Property Overview ‣ Why ‣ How ‣ Marketing Analysis ‣ Financial Analysis ‣ Timeline ‣ Risks & Mitigant ‣ Sponsor Qualifications ‣ Appendices Executive Summary Sutton Capital LLC (the “Sponsor”) is seeking $769,882,748 in equity for the purchase and redevelopment of a mixed-used building located at 660 Fifth Avenue, New York (the “Property”). The Sponsor will purchase the Property for $1,291,419,883 and complete the redevelopment within twenty five months of closing. The Formally known as 666 Fifth Avenue, we have renamed it to remove total projected cost for the project, including acquisition, any negative associations. The existing structure is functionally redevelopment and financing, is $1,885,025,275. obsolete and requires immediate redevelopment and rebranding, as profitability of the building is currently crippled by a dated exterior, low Investment Highlights: ceilings, and an offering that does not appeal to the current market. • Excellent Location: The Property is located in the heart of the We believe there is tremendous upside potential in this investment desirable business district of Midtown Manhattan, just off the world opportunity. By repositioning this exceptional asset to appeal to famous shopping street of Fifth Avenue, surrounded by iconic modern day needs, we believe we can achieve considerably increased buildings like Rockefeller Plaza. Furthermore, the site is extremely rents. The current average rent of the property is $88.78/sqft.. We well positioned to take full advantage of New York’s subway network. believe that the market would allow for an average market rent of $103/sqft. giving us a delta potential of $14.22/sqft.. We believe that • Attractive Purchase Price: Due to the building’s previous poor we will be able to spike up these returns further by offering hotel capital structure, we will be able to acquire this opportunity at a price apartment living done in partnership with Airbnb, which will be the first well below market rate. of its kind in New York City. • Highly Executable Business Plan: The redevelopment can move Upon completion, this development will provide a refreshed retail space ahead as of right as we are keeping the Zoning Floor Area (ZFA) on the lobby, below lobby, and 2 floors above, working in partnership consistent with the existing building. Thus, we can move ahead with with Vornado on their 114,000 sqft. of retail space. The next 24 floors construction as soon as we close. are a combination of office and amenity space, with the 10 floors above that being our hotel living space. Finally, the remaining 5 floors will be a combination of superior office space, amenities, and mechanical. We are utilising the top two and half floors for office due to the superior ceiling heights of 18 feet, which we feel will be perfect for boutique private equity tenants. Investment Terms: $855,425,275 investor equity 10% sponsor / 90% investor 10 year hold Waterfall Structure: 8.0% preferred return 25% to promote to Sponsor between an 8% and 12% IRR 50% to promote to Sponsor above an 12% IRR Exit Strategy $209,897,639 Year 11 NOI 6.5% Capitalization Rate $3,299,194,446 property valuation Returns 9.70% unleveraged IRR 2.22x unleveraged equity multiple 17.92% leveraged IRR 2.71x equity multiple 14.94% Limited Partner (LP) IRR 11.10% stabilized yield on cost 7.51% stabilised cash on cash Property Overview Why The site is a 41-story office building on Fifth Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets in Manhattan. 660 sits on a 61,755 sqft. lot in the busy Midtown East district. The property was bought by Kushner Co. in 2007 for $1.8 billion at the height of the market. Since then, this property has been a major drain on the company’s portfolio due to its poor capital structure and its overly inflated purchase price. As a result, Kushner Co. has been looking for many alternatives to get the property off their balance sheet, including selling the 144,000 sqft. of retail space off 53rd street, which is currently owned by Vornado. The complex and failed capital structure set up by Kushner Co. has provided us with a great opportunity to buy this asset for considerably below market value. We would put in place a more intelligent capital structure and reposition the asset to maximise its value and generate a healthy return for ourselves and our co-investors. Therefore, the potential to buy a highly undervalued and under- utilised asset provides us with our first decision to invest in this asset. Our second reason for choosing this an 80 percent reduction goal by 2050. All building standards to be met as a minimum, investment is due to the fact that this property buildings above 25,000 sqft. have to comply which is the goal for this development. benefits from being over built in terms of what and the first target deadline falls in 2024. However, the mere fact that this development is acceptable under current zoning standards. Buildings that do not comply will be subject to will be an adaptive reuse building makes 660 The building sits on a 61,755 sqft. split zoning fines of $268/ton of emissions that are over the considerably more sustainable than its new- lot, as seen in the diagram (above). The total individual building’s cap in a given year. build LEED Platinum counterparts. We believe allowable square foot for this building based on Currently, the building is severely this will be a strong incentive for top companies the floor area ratio (FAR) is 997,961 sqft. underperforming due to very poor insulation to desire this space, and it will be central to our However, the structure currently stands at (which primarily consists of aluminium cladding) marketing plan. 660 becomes the sustainable 1,246,833 sqft., making it considerably larger and a very dated mechanical system. As such, choice: a “recycled” building that offers vintage than if we were to put a new building on this the building is on course for huge fines on a appeal with modern amenities, and occupying site. yearly basis. it makes a statement in the vein of the recent trend towards recycled fashion. Our third reason makes sense both financially In order to turn a weakness into a strength, we and ethically. In 2019, New York passed local don’t want to just meet the minimum efficiency law 97. This ambitious new mandate called for requirements, we want to set the sustainable drastically cutting carbon emissions, starting precedent for Manhattan real estate. All the top with a 40 percent reduction goal by 2030 and tenants now are demanding LEED Platinum How We want to take this property that was built in 50s and bring it into the modern era. We are going to completely re-skin the building. We are going to reserve the prime real estate at the top of the building for boutique office space, focusing on renting out to private equity tenants who we believe will pay the highest rates and where we believe we can achieve $135/sqft. in rent. The 10 floors below that will be reserved for our hotel apartment suites done in partnership with Airbnb. These rooms are going to be hotel rooms that feel like homes, and will only be available for booking through the Airbnb platform. Each room will have unique characteristics, while all will boast kitchens and still benefit from hotel service. Guests will be supported by a digitally enabled, dedicated concierge service staffed by local and knowledgeable “hosts” who will provide guests with a highly personalised experience that allows them to access and navigate the great experiences that New York can offer. We believe there is a major untapped market for corporate long stay clients working in the surrounding area. The Airbnb platform will provide huge insight into the demands of the market and will allow us to remain close to the market drivers while providing a superior product unrivalled throughout the city. We understand that RXR will benefit from the same business model, but we do not see this as going into competition with them. Instead we intend to work with RXR as our neighbours at Rockefeller to create a tech community cluster. The 24 floors below this will consist of our office space. Our target market for this will consist of the usual financial, law, and consulting companies, but also the tech companies that are leading the charge in leasing up New York office space. There have been efforts made to make New York the Silicon Valley of the East, and we hope to provide a venue for such tenants to thrive. We believe that the top floors will achieve $125/sqft. and the bottom floors will achieve $90/sqft.. The remaining space will consist of retail space, including the 114,000 sqft. of Vornado holdings. We are looking to get $1,000/sqft. for our remaining 133,498 sqft. of space here. Given that this space is on Fifth avenue and will be in a highly desirable new development, we are confident that we will get these rents. One of the major limitations this build has restricting its potential to become a class A office space is its low ceiling heights. As it stands, the typical finished ceiling height is 8 ft. 8in. However, the slab to slab height throughout the majority of the building is 11ft. 8.5in. There is a growing trend among redeveloped office buildings to remove the finished ceiling and instead have an exposed ceiling, a strategy that we are going to adopt and that is proving successful in helping the buildings to achieve class A status and gain the best rents.

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